Manager - Conventional Mechanical Support Equipment

** The Company
** At Rolls-Royce SMR, our mission is simple and ambitious: to deliver clean, affordable, secure energy for all. Our Small Modular Reactor (SMR) programme is a British-designed solution to the global energy challenge—unlocking green growth, accelerating decarbonisation, and positioning the UK as a world leader in next‑generation nuclear technology.

We are building the UK’s premier green export technology, designed for rapid deployment, global scalability, and a long-term skills legacy. This is your opportunity to help shape a future where reliable low‑carbon energy is accessible to every community and industry.
** The Team
** You’ll be joining our Plant Support Equipment function an expanding, high‑impact engineering team responsible for developing the equipment that enables safe installation, commissioning, operation, maintenance, inspection, and eventual decommissioning of SMR plant components.

This team plays a pivotal role in ensuring buildability, operability, and long‑term reliability of the SMR fleet. The work is hands‑on, diverse, technically rich, and essential to the success of our programme.
** Role Summary
** Manager – Conventional Mechanical Plant Support Equipment As our PSE Manager, you will lead the development and delivery of innovative mechanical support equipment across the SMR lifecycle. This role is essential in building a brand‑new capability within a rapidly growing organisation bringing structure, clarity and technical leadership to an area that directly influences programme readiness, safety, cost efficiency, and build certainty.

You’ll shape the roadmap, lead engineers, build supplier partnerships, and create the processes that ensure every piece of equipment is specified, designed, delivered and assured to the highest standards.
** Key Responsibilities
** In this role, you will be doing the following:
* Building and leading a growing team of engineers and secondees working across the mechanical PSE portfolio.
* Scoping and defining the full landscape of mechanical plant support equipment required for installation, commissioning, and through‑life support.
* Managing supplier engagement, developing strong relationships with key partners and vendors to ensure delivery aligns with SMR programme needs.
* Driving requirements management, establishing robust traceability using systems such as DOORS, ensuring clear interfaces with component engineering teams.
* Overseeing technical governance, ensuring that designs and substantiation meet safety, regulatory, quality and operational expectations.
* Coordinating cross‑functional delivery across design, analysis, manufacturing, supply chain and project management.
* Championing continuous improvement, maturing processes, workflows and standards for a growing organisation.
** The Impact
** Your work will directly influence the safety, reliability, build efficiency and maintainability of every SMR we deploy—helping create a globally scalable, low‑carbon power solution.

You will leave a legacy in how PSE is delivered, how the team grows, how suppliers integrate with us, and how we design for operability from day one. This is a unique chance to build a capability from the ground up at a moment of national and international importance.
** Essential Qualifications & Experience
** We are looking for someone who has:
* Demonstrated experience leading engineering delivery within mechanical or multidisciplinary environments.
* Proven ability in requirements capture, technical documentation, assurance, and decision‑making.
* Strong ability to work across disciplines and influence diverse stakeholders.
* Experience creating or delivering technical equipment, tools or fixtures used in installation, commissioning, outage or maintenance environments.
* Understanding of through‑life engineering activities.
* A degree in engineering or equivalent professional experience.
* Familiarity with regulated industries (nuclear, aerospace, energy, high‑integrity engineering) is highly desirable.
** Pay and Benefits
** We anticipate paying a salary of between £60,000-£78,750  plus:

- * Bonus - Performance related bonus of up to 12.5%
* Benefits Allowance - £2200,…